Man tweets for weed; job goes up in smoke

Trying to get weed delivered to your workplace is probably not the smartest thing to do.

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Tweeting for pot costs man his job

Police catch whiff of Twitter request for weed

Police: "Can we come too?"

Retweeting request gains social media buzz

(CNN) -- Note to self: When soliciting for drugs on Twitter, try a direct message.

Facing another boring day at work, a Toronto car repair shop worker decided some weed would be just the thing to make the day fly by.

Instead of reaching out by phone or walking to his friendly neighborhood drug dealer, the user, using the handle @Sunith_DB8R, tweeted that he needed a joint delivered to his workplace in Vaughan, just north of Toronto.